Cooking apparatus.



R. M. G. PHILLIPS. COOKING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 20,1912.

Patented July 7, 1914.

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R. G. PHILLIPS.

COOKING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 20,1912.

Patented July 7, 1914,

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R. M. G. PHILLIPS. UOOKING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 20,1912.

Patented July 7, 1914.

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UNITED STATESMBQENT orr os.

BOSS M. G. IP I'iILLII'S, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

COOKING- APPARATUS.

Spec iflcatlon'of Letters Patent. Patented July '7, 191 1.

Application filed. Jul so, 1912. serial No. meowslide on the bottom {i of the casing through t .6

T 0 all whom it ma 1 concern:

Be it known. that I, Ross M. G. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United Stats, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of iiennepin and Stateof Minnesota, have inventeda new an useful Improvement in Cooking Apparatus, of which the folio-wing is a specification.

The object of this invention is the production of a portable cooker having, means whereby it can he used with or without a tire.

Further objects are, automatic control of the fire which is used and of thedraft passa e therefor, simplicity of construction and effectiveness and convenience in use.

Heretofore it has been usual to placea pro'heated stone in portable stoves for cooking purposes or to use a fire in a stove without thestone. \Vith my invention the fire is used for heating the stove and stone together thus producing greater efliciehcy and economy and avoiding all handling of the stone. After the stone has been heate the device is adapted to be used eifectively as a tireless cooker.

In the accompanying part of this specification,

the door we its end 5projecting below door 6 in t e door Way so that it can he used as a handle to draw the tray out or push it into the casing. This tray is adapted to carry a pre-heater B of suitable construction such as an alcohol stove. The rim 3f the casing extends inwardly and is turned own to form acentrally disposed depending cylindrical wall 7 in which an insulated food-container or receptacle C is adapted to move freely. hisrece ptacle has a double side and bottom wall, the space between the adjacent inner faces of said walls being filled with a. suitable poor heat conducting material 8 such as ground cork, The bottom of the receptacle is formed with a centrally disposed opening or ingress draft-passage 9 fitting over the pre-hea-ter and itstop is closed by a removable cover 10' having douhl'e walls spaced apart for insulatingpurposes. The burnerB is provided with a circular sealing and insulating ad F made of asbestos or equivalent materia' and considerabl larger in diameter than the ingress draft-passage 9 in the food-container, so that when the same is brought in its descent to a bearing upon the said ad, the said pad not onlycloses and seals the ingress draftpassage 9, but also insulates the food-con,- tainer and thus retards the radiation of heat therefrom. I v

p The cover is provided with an egress draft passage 11 which is adapted to be closed by an automatically operated valve 12 said valve being formed with a stem 13 sliding freelythrough the handle 14. An expansion spring 15 compressed between the handle and, valve proper tends to keep the valve in closed position. The valve stem and valve proper aretm'med with a vent opening 16 for steam from within the receptacle which can be closed by a thumb screw 17 (see Fig. 6i. The valve is held in open position by a drawings forming Figure l is aplan 2 is a front elevation, Fig. 3 is a section on the line X Fig. 1, theparts being shown when in open position, Fig. .4; is a similar section when the parts are in closed position, Fig. 5 is a plan of the supporting sleeve and lever for the insulated receptacle, Fig. 6 is a detail section showing a portion of the insulated receptacle, Fig. 7 is another detail in section .--lio\ving the tray as withdrawn to expose the pro-heater for lighting, Fig. 8 is a detail showing part of the timer mechanism for closing the rece 'itacle automatically, Fin. 9 is a plan of the construction illustrated in Fig. 8, Fig. 10 is a section of a detail showing the constructimi of guides employed for part of tlui operating arms illustrated in 8, Fig. ll is a side view in see ion of the fuel measuring cup, F-i 12 is asection upon the line Y-Y, Fig. llfFig. 13 is a section of a detail showing the construction of the stopper valve employed in the cover of t e receptacle, and Fig. elevation stii'dvalve 1'2 jmiis be .manhallyset after the r 14 1s a front of an alternative construction of my inven- In the drawings A indicates a suitable outer casing having an open top and .ormed with a door way 2 near the. lower portion of one of its sides. tray 8 i'sadapted to cover 10 has been placed upon the food-contaiucr C and the same hasbeen suspended in spaced relation to the pro-heater B by means of the spacing-medianism to be described later on. But the action of the said valve in closing is automatic.

The receptacle or food-container C is adapted to be seated in a sleeve D which in turn is supported freely within the Wall '7 by a yoke or forked lever 23 fulcrumcd by links 24 which are pivoted to the ends of the fork and to brackets 25 secured to the top of the casing. The lever is pivoted adjacent its ends at diametrically opposite points 26 to the side of the sleeve D. The body portion of the lever is secured freely by an angle27 to the vertically movable supporting or liftin' red 28. Thi rod depends freely through an opening 25) (see Fig. 8) in the top Wall of the casing and is formed with a. catch shoulder 30 adapted to engage over the edge 31 of said opening to hold the body of the lever up and the receptacle in superior or spaced position so that a draftopening is formed between the pro-heater and receptacle. The upper end of the rod 28 is provided with a lifting handle 32 by i which the rod can be raised. Guides in the form of flanges 33 (see Fig. 10) on the side i edges of the opening 29 limit side move ment of the rod 28 and prevent the shoulder 30 from engaging over the edge of said opening except on one side. A portion 34 of the shoulder 30 also serves for the same purpose. The mechanism just above described for the suspension of the food-container, constitutes a spacing mechanism since its function is to maintain the foodcontainer in spaced relation to the preheater during the heat-charging period.

A fuel tank 35 i supported in the space between the outer wall of the casing and'thc inner wall 7 and has a plugged filling opening 36 for alcohol and a supply pipe 37 leading to a measuring cup 38 by which the desired amount of alcohol may be gaged for use in the heater. A valve 39 (see Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 11) controlled. by handle 40 is adapted to open the cup through the nozzle 41 and discharge a supply of fuel to the preheater when the latter has been drawn out by the tray 3 through opening 2 into the position shown in Fig. 7. The valve 39 is adapted when in normal position of the handle to open the supply pipe 37 and close the nozzle and vice versa when turned to close the supply pipe to open the nozzle.

he timing mechanism E is adapted to release the lever 23 and drop the receptacle and employs a clock Work mechanism 42 of ordinary construction; This mechanism pushes the rod 28 out of engagement with edge 31 at a predetermined time h push rod orlatch 43 which is slidingly an pivotally mounted on the pin 44011 the 'wall' of conscrver 59 is placed the casing A. Fhe push rod 43 cooperates with a link-45 to form a pair of toggle levers the connected ends of which being pivoted at 46 to'an actuating link 47. This link is pivotally mounted on an arm or trippinglever 48 one end of which is fulcrumed at 49 .on casing A and its free end provided with a handle 50 projecting through and movable in a slot 51 in the casing. Near the free end of the arm 48 is a stop or timing-pin 52 adapted to drop into the notch 53 in the periphery of the stop or timingdisk or Wheel 5-1 carried by the main drive shaft 55 of the clock work mechanism.

The winding crank handle or' settinglever 56 on shaft 55 is adapted to be moved in the direction indicated by arrows in Figs. 2 and 8 a portion of a turn according to the length of time the preheater is to be operated, the degree of turn as illustrated being marked 15 and 30 (indicating minutes) upon the casing A. The rod 28 after this operation is then raised into the position indicated in Fig. 8, the valve 12 is opened and the preheater ignited. The clock work mechanism turns the shaft 55 until the stop 52 engages notch 53 and stops the clock work mechanism. As stop 52 engages notch 53 the rod 28 i disengaged from edge 31 allowing the receptacle to drop by gravity and close the opening 9. The closing movement of the receptacle releases the hook 18 from engagement With eye 20 thus permitting valve 12 to close automatically. v

The arm 48 is drawn upwardly by a spring 57 and before setting the timer E t e handle 50 is pressed down to disengage the stop 52 from notch 53 in disk 54. A stand 58 of skeleton form is placed in the bottom of the receptacle upon which a heat and held in central position, said conservcr consisting of soap stone or metal as from the opening 2) to admit of a draft passage from the predicate! into the receptacle. A cooking'utensil 60 of any desired form may be employed in the receptacle. To open the device the. cover is removed and the receptacle can be lifted out of the sleeve. To forestall, as it were, or anticipate the action of the automatic controlling mechanism as may be for one reason or another sometimes desired. it is only necessary to move thehandle 32 laterally from left to right so as to move the lifting rod 28 and disengage the spacing-shoulder 30 from the edge 31 of the opening 29,. The weight of the food-container now will cause it to descend into its hcat-conservin position in which its draft passages Will he closed and the preheater extinguished in advance, as it were, of the tripping-action of the automatic controlling mechanism. In this way the spacing-mechanism fulfils the secondary desired and l'ieing spaced function of forestallin means to anticipate the releasing action of the automatic timelimiting mechanism.

In the alternative construction shown in Fig. 14, the casino. 61 is made to accommodate two rcceptac es and a ingle clock work mechanism receptacles. A pair of long *tog'gle levers 1* is connected to the arm 48. This set of levers consists of a push bar ()2 which is slidingly mounted on the casing and adapted to disengage the rods 28 simultaneously and is actuated by a link (33 connected pivotally to arm 48 and link 6 This actuating means operates in every .way similar to the mechanism described in the preferred form.

In my improved cooker as shown herein, I employ a vertically movable cooking receptacle having an ingress opening at its lower end and an egress openingv at its upper end, in combination with means for sus-' pending the said receptaclein an elevated position over a preheater from which it is thus sulficiently separated to form a draft passage between the preheater and the ingross opening in the bottom of the receptacle. This draft passage is eliminated and the ingress passage in the receptacle close by the descent of the receptacle at a predetermined time following' the tripping, so to speak, of the mechanism employed to sus- 4 0 pend it in its elevated or heat-charging; position. As herein shown, also, I utilize the descent of the receptacle for the actuation of means for closing and sealing the egress opening at its upper end at the time it descends, into its heat-conserving osition. The preheater or burner, whatever its character may be, is carried, as shown, by a horizontally movable tray orslide mounted in the casing of the cooker and located be low the plane of the bottom of the receptacle. \Vhen the cooker is in its suspended or heat-charging position and the tray is in its losed position, a draft-passage is formed between the preheater and the ingress opening in the bottom of the said receptacle the descent of which eliminates the said draftpassage and closes the said ingress-opening. When the said receptacle is in its said suspended position the tray may be drawn outward from'underthe receptacle or retracted to expose the preheater for lighting the same. after which it is pushedback into place under the receptacle. This lateral movement of the tray and preheater can take place only when the receptacle is in its elevated or heat-charging position. When the receptacle is in its lowered or heat-conserving ppsition it rests upon and-is supported by the preheater which then closes its ingress opening and so conserves its heat. In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation I E is employed to operate both of my invention together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof but I desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative and that the invention l can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

I do not in this case claim in a cooking ap aratus of the character shown and described, means for automatically supplying fuel to the preheater and automatically cutting oil such supply, those features being claimed in my copending application filed December 21, 1912, Serial No. 737,993, which shows but does not broadly claim, the

' typical" apparatus shown and described herein.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cookin apparatus, the combination with a tom-container having ingress and egress draft-passages, ot a prehcater, one of the said parts being movable with respect to the other for the creation and closure of a draft-space between them, a spacing mechanism for holding the said movable part in spaced relation to the other part, and means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the said spacing mechanism.

2. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a food-container having ingress and egress draft-passages and adapted to receive aradiator, ot' a preheater, one of the said parts being movable with respect to the other r'or the creation and closure of a draft space between them, sparing-mechanism for holding; the said movable part in spaced relation to the other part, and means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the spacing-mechanism.

3. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a food-container having ingress and egress draft-passage of a preheater adapted to act as a closure for the said ingress passage, the said parts being movable with respect to each other for the creation and closure of a draft-space between them, spacing mechanism for holding the said moi'able. part in spaced relation to the other l part, and means for automatimilly controlling the releasing function of the said spacing-mechanism.

4. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a verti-ally movable tood-container formed at its lower end with an ingress draft-passage. of a preheater adapted to act as a closure for the said'ingress dra'tpassage, spacing-mechanism for holding the l food-container above the preheater in spaced relation thereto. and means for automatically controlling the function of the spacing-mechanism in releasing the container tion'with' a fOOtiCUlltillllQl' mg movable tion with which closing of its said shait ingress passage 5. In a. cooknn apparatus the combinaiaving ingress and egress draft-passages, of a preheatcr adapted to act as a closure for the said ingress draft-passage, one of the said parts bewithrespect to the other, spa-cing-n'i ecliaiiisin for holding the said movable part in spaced relation to the other part, means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the spacing mechanism, and means for iuitomatically closing the said egress draft-passage when the container and preheater are moved together.

(3. In a cooking apparatus. the combination with a food container having an ingress draft-passage, of a preheatcr adapted to act as a closure for the sage, one of the said parts being movable with respect to the other, spacing-n1echanism for holdingthe container and preheater in spaced relation. means for automatically controlling the releasingv function of the spacing-111echanism, and means for insulati112. the container and preheater when moved together for the closure of the said ingress draft-passage.

In. a cooking apparatus, the combinaa food-container having an ingress dralt- 'iassage and a prelvater adapted to constitute a closure for the said passage, one of the said parts being movable with respect to the other for the creation and closure of a draft-space between them, and the pie heater being also movable into a lighting position; of a spacirig-mechanism for bold ing the said movable part in spaced relation to the other part, and means for automatiaxlly controlling the releasing function of the spacing-mechanism.

8. In a cooking a iparatus, the combination with a food-container having an ingress draft-passage, ot' a laterally movable preheater adapted to act as a closure for the said passage one of the saidparts being movable with respect to the other for the creation and closure of a (lIllft-SPHCO between them. sparing-meclmnism for holding the said container and prchcater in spaced relation, means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the spacing-merhanism, and means for moving the prchcater laterally with respect to the container into its lighting position.

9. in a cooking apparatus, the combina tion with a food-container having ingress and egress draft-passages. of a preheater adapted to close the said ingress draft-passage one of the said parts being movable with respect to the other, spacingmechanism for holding the said container and preheater in spaced relation, means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the said spacing-mechanism, and an indescends upon the preheater for the saluting member carried by the, said pre-,

said ingress draft-pasheater and insulating the same from the container when th gethcr for the closure of the said ingress 'a ftpassage. 10. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a vertically movable food-contaiuer having an ingress and an egress draftpassage, of a prehcater adapted to close the 0 two parts are closed to-- said ingress draft-passage, spacing-mechanism for holding the container in spaced relation. above the pro-heater, means for automatically controlling the releasing funct on of the spacing-mechanisin, and means c0ncontainer for anton'iatically closing the egress draft passage thereof concurrently with the closing of the ingress passage thereof by the pre heater.

11. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a casing, of a vertically movable trolled by the descent of the food-container having ingress and egress.

(lraft-passages, a laterally movable tray, a prehcater thereupon adapted to close the ingross draft-passage of the container and moved into i is lighting position outside of the said casing when the tray isvretracted therefrom, spacing-mechanisin for holding the container in spaced relation above-the preheatcr. and means for automatically controlling the releasing function of thespacing-mechanism for the descent of the containcr upon the prcheater.

12. In a cooking apparatus, the combination .with a vertically movable food-containcr having ingress and egress draft-passages, of a preheater adapted to act as a closure forthe said ingress ing-mechanism for holding tainer in spaced relation above the preheater, the said mechanism including a vertically movable handle, and automatic means cooperating with the said handle for rel as ing the container to permit its descent for the closure of its draft-passage by the preheater.

13. In a cooking 2l}')f)lll'lli-US, the combina tion with a vertically movable food-container having an ingress draft-passage in its lower end, of a prcheater adapted to act as a closure for the said draft-passage, spam lug-mechanism for holding the container in spaced relation above the prehcater, the said spacirig-mechanism including a lever and a vertically movable handle, and automatic mains co-acting with the said handle for releasing the container to permit its descent to]: the closure of its ingress clratt-passage by the preheater. I

y In a cooking apparatus, the combi nation with a casing, of a vertically mov able food-container having an ingress draftpassage in its lower end, a tray laterally movable in the said casing and provided at its outer] end with a door, a prehcater carpassage, spact-he sald conried by the said tray and adapted to act as a closure for the said ingress draft-passage of the container, spacing-mechanism for holding the container in spaced relation above-the preheater, and means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the spacing-mechanism.

15. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a vertically movable food-container having an ingress draft-passage at its lower end and an egress draft-passage in the cover provided for its preheater adapted to act a closure for the said ingress draft-passage, spacingmechanism for holding the container in spaced relation above the preheater, means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the spacing-mechanism, a .valve for closing the said egress draft-passage,

and. means .t'or automatically closing the said valve upon the descent of the foodcontainer.

16. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a casing, of a vertically movable food-container having an ingress draft-passage in its lower end and provided with a removable cover having an egress draft-passage, of a preheater adapted to act as a closure for the said ingress draft-passage, spacing-mechanism for holding the container in spaced relation above the preheater, means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the said spaciilg-mechanism, a valve for the said egress draft-passage, means mounted upon the cover of the container for carrying the said valve, and means for automatically closing the said valve concurrently with the descent of the container for the closure of its ingress draft-passage by the said preheater.

17. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a food-container having ingress and egress draft-passages, of a sleeve in which the said container is suspended, a preheatcr adapted to act as a closure for the said ingress draft-passage, spacing mccl'lanism for lifting the said sleeve and container and holding the same in spaced relation above the prehcater means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the spacinganechanism, and means for closing the egress (awnings oi the container when the same is released for the closure of its ingress draftpassage.

18. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a casing, of a vertically movable food-container having an ingress draft-pas sa'ge in its lower end and provided with a removable cover having an egress draft-passage, a preheater adapted to act as a closure for the said ingress draft-passage, spacingmeehanism for holding the container in spaced relation above the prehcater, means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the said spacing-mechanism, a

upper end, of a I the creation and closure a preheatcr acting as vented valve for the said egress draft-passage, and a lever mounted upon the said cover, carrying the said vented valve and engaged by a part of the casing for automatically closing the said valve upon the descent of the container for the closure of its ingress draft-passage by the preheater.

19. In, a cooking apparatus, the combination with a casing, of a vertically movable food-container having an ingress draft-pas sage in its lower end and provided with a removable cover having an egress draft-p asa closure for the said ingress draft-passage and laterally movable into a lighting position outside of the casing, s1mcing-1'nechanism for holding the container in spaced relation above the preheater, means for automatically control.- ling the releasing function of the spacingmechanism, and means for automatically closing the egress passage in the cover of the container when the same descends for the closure of its ingress draft-passage by the preheater. r

20. In a cooking apparatus, the combina tion with a casing, of a food-container and a preheater one of which parts is movable with respect to the other for the creation and closure of a draft space between them, spacing-mechanism for holding the said movable part in spaced relation to the other part, means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the spacing-mechanism, and means for manually forestalling the action of the said automatic means in releasing the said spacing-mechanism.

21. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a casing, of a vertically movable food-container, a preheater, spacing-mechanism for l'mlding the said container in spaced relation above the saidpreheater for of a dra'tt-spmae bemcans tor antonnititatlly con- .sing t'unction ot' the said spacing-mechanism, and means for manually torestalling the action of the said automatic mechanism in releasing the container.

.22. In a cooking apparatus. the combina tion with a ca ing, of a vertically movable food-container having ingress and egress dra.l't-passagcs, a. laterally movable preheatcr adapted to act as a. closure for the said ingress drat't-passagc, spacing-mccha.- nism for holdii'lg the said container in spaced relation above the prehcatcr. means for auto matically controlling the releasing function of the spacing-mochanism, a fuel reservoir located within the casing, and means for supplying fuel to the prcheater from the said reservoir when the preheater is moved laterally with respect to the container.

23. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a food-container having ingress and egress draft-passages, of a preheater adapted to act as a closure for the said intween them, trolling the re s 'gress draft-passage,

spacing-mechanism for holding the said container in spaced relation above the preheater, means for automatically controlling the releasing function of the said spacing-mechanism and including a setting-lever; a slotted disk, a spring for glctuating the same, a tripping-lever carrying a member co-acting with the edge of the said disk and entering the slot thereof, and

means for actuating the said tripping-lever when so released.

Intestimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROSS M. G. PHILLIPS. witrligssiszF Iso G. H. Dnnix fii in 

